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Garnet

2. A user interface development environment for Common Lisp and X11 from The
Garnet project team. It helps you create graphical, interactive user interfaces.

Version 2.2 includes the following: a custom object-oriented programming system
which uses a prototype-instance model. automatic constraint maintenance allowing
properties of objects to depend on properties of other objects and be
automatically re-evaluated when the other objects change. The constraints can be
arbitrary Lisp expressions. Built-in, high-level input event handling. Support
for gesture recognition. Widgets for multi-font, multi-line, mouse-driven text
editing. Optional automatic layout of application data into lists, tables, trees
or graphs. Automatic generation of PostScript for printing. Support for
large-scale applications and data visualisation.

Also supplied are: two complete widget sets, one with a Motif look and feel
implemented in Lisp and one with a custom look and feel. Interactive design
tools for creating parts of the interface without writing code: Gilt interface
builder for creating dialog boxes. Lapidary interactive tool for creating new
widgets and for drawing application-specific objects. C32 spreadsheet system for
specifying complex constraints.